Assessing areas of governance

This sectiopn provides resources and guidance with regard to assessing particular areas of governance, such as corruption, local governance or justice.

For each area you can find

Publications on measuring the area of governance
Gobal, regional and country initiatives in the particular area of governance

Digital governance in municipalities worldwide

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This worldwide survey assess the practice of digital governance in large municipalities worldwide. It evaluates the websites of municipalities in terms of digital governance and ranks them on a global scale.

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Gendering basic service delivery: ( L. Corner;S. Repucci / United Nations Development Programme , 2009); The delivery of gender-sensitive basic services for women is a prerequisite for development. However, the the Millennium Development Goals will not be achieved unless and until women are able to contr...
How can we measure public administration performance? A guide: ( M. Laberge (ed);J. Nahem (ed);K. Brown / United Nations Development Programme , 2009); The proliferation of different public administration (PA) assessment tools has resulted in some confusion about which tools to use, how they should be applied and their weaknesses and strengths. This ...
How to select pro-poor and gender sensitive governance indicators: a guide: ( United Nations Development Programme , 2006); There are many indicators of democratic governance used in poor countries but most of them have been externally developed by private sector risk assessment agencies and international organizations. Th...
A comparative anaysis of fragility indices: ( J. F. Mata;S. Ziaja / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik / German Development Institute (GDI) , 2011); Although the understanding of the security threats posed by fragile states is still highly hypothetical and merits further investigation, fragile states are often considered an ideal breeding ground f...
Considering country corruption self-assessment: ( S. Repucci (ed) / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway , 2009); The UN Convention against Corruption offers countries a unique framework to strengthen their ability to prevent and combat corruption. The self-assessment checklist is one of the few available methods...

UNDP Governance Assessment Portal

Areas of Governance

Often governance measurment needs are related to specific areas within governance. Assessments that look at 'governance' more broadly may not be able to provide the precise answers needed to evaluate detailed policy options. More...